I am mostly making this up, but it would seem to me that a fleet of autonomous drones would be far superior to any fighter. You could get many drones for the pr

I am mostly making this up, but it would seem to me that a fleet of autonomous drones would be far superior to any fighter. You could get many drones for the price of one fighter. They can carry more fuel and/or ammunition, and they could fly maneuvers that are impossible with human pilots. I could also imagine that if you have several planes in one area, you could better defeat stealth by having each plane "paint" laser targets for the others, or by using their radars together.